New Year Honours 1985
Derek Wenford Charles Cox BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
• Marconi Radar Systems .Ltd.
Organisation: Marconi Radar Systems .Ltd
“For services to Agriculture in the Isle of Wight.”
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
For services to Agriculture in the Isle of Wight.
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New Year Honours 1985- Role at the time
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“For services to Agriculture in the Isle of Wight.”
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“For services to Agriculture in the Isle of Wight.”
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The British Empire Medal was awarded 249 times in the New Year Honours List 1985 — about 21% of the list.
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How widely is this recognised?
1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours 1985
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Albert Colbert Storey
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Albert John Cross
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“For services to the Queens land Police Force.”
Alexander McCLEAN
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Alfred John Charles Turner
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Alfred Newton Woodward
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Alfred Nicol
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“For services to Boys' Footballin Huntly, Aberdeenshire.”
Amy Gladys Midwinter
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1985
“For services to the community.”
Antony Garnett Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1985
Auguste Louis Henri Voegeli
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1985
Barbara Angela McKEAND
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1985
Barbara Tresilian Flinn
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1985
Beatrice Maud Gibbons
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1985
Bernard George Perry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1985
Bernard Joseph Callaghan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1985
Bernards Hospital
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1985
“For services to the com munity in Salt Island, British Virgin Islands.”
Bhupendra Chaturbhai Patel
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1985
Blanche Massey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 1985
“For services to the com munity in South Yorkshire.”
Bromley Hospital
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Bruce Michael Peardon
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Sergeant
Chan Hon-sang
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Charge Marine Engineering Artificer Robert Wallace Kane
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Others recognised for Environment & Agriculture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,911 people have been recognised for Environment & Agriculture. See the full list →
Lisa Clare Pinney
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newark, Nottinghamshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Stephen Andrew Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Climate Science.”
Michael Cooper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swindon, Wiltshire
“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Stephen Jess
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bangor, County Down
“For services to Agriculture in Northern Ireland.”
Adrian Isaac
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Philip Stocker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Badminton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Farming and to Animal Welfare.”
Caterina Goodhart
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Conservation and Heritage Crafts.”
Ian Glendinning
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Magherafelt, County Londonderry
“For services to Country Sports and to Conservation.”
Camilla Fyfe (milly Fyfe)
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Northampton, Northamptonshire
“For services to Farmers and to Family Nutrition.”
Alison Field
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Winchester, Hampshire
“For services to Forestry.”
Mary Colwell
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bristol, City of Bristol
“For services to Nature.”
Matthew Lindsey-clark
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Doynton, Gloucestershire
“For services to Horticulture and to Philanthropy.”
Sarah Chimbwandira
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bordon, Hampshire
“For services to the Environment.”
Margaret Boanas
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to the Meat Sector, to Trade and to Promoting Opportunities for Women.”
Wesley Aston
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Armagh, County Armagh
“For services to Agriculture.”
Maitland Mackie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
“For services to Farming, to Business Innovation and to Sustainability.”
Margaret Haynes
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chichester, West Sussex
“For services to Education, to Sustainability, to the Environment and to the community in West Sussex.”
Daniel Horn-phathanothai
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to International Development and tackling Climate Change.”
Alexander Rhodes
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Global Conservation.”
Jon Wheatley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Somerset
“For services to Horticulture and to Charity.”
Donald Starritt
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Crumlin, County Antrim
“For services to Road Safety and to Environmental Protection.”
Professor Pearson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Boston, Lincolnshire
“For services to Agricultural Innovation and Education.”
Josephine Lavelle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Worthing, West Sussex
“For services to Forestry.”
Alistair Jinks
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coleraine, County Londonderry
“For services to the Environment and to the Economy.”
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British Empire Medal · 1985
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1985 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1984.
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